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GOVERNMENT ON THE RIGHT There is a new philosophy being culti­ orderly and stable than the organized vated across the land. It calls itself liber­ chaos that is our present system of gov­ tarianism, anarcho-, autarchy. ernment. The new libertarians, as most of Its followers make up a wide spectrum of the new anarchists call themselves, con­ well-educated, productive people. They tend that government, by its very nature, include corporation presidents, execu­ is the world's greatest creator of chaos tives, writers, students, and teachers. and fear. They cite the wars of the past They share a vision of a completely free fifty years that have brought catastrophe society, established on the principles of to many enlightened nations: the extermi­ sovereignty and private owner­ nation of millions of people by govern­ ship, without any government whatever. ment acts; Vietnam; Watergate; police No government? Why that's anarchy, corruption; rapacious taxation; inflation; a you might say, and anarchy is a word that justice system with medieval punishment inspires images of chaos, rampant law­ and retribution; the Supreme Court deci­ lessness, and mass fear. sion on obscenity that has caused instant But what is peculiar about the "new confusion and uncertainty; and oppressive anarchy" is that il claims to be far mQre laws that reslricl our economic and social

-~/973 ~,3 lives. They see taxation as and mili­ tary conscription as slavery. Most people tolerate all this in the name of government and law and order. Their assumption is that without government conditions could get much worse. But would Ihey? Has history not shown that when are destroyed people not only manage to survive, but the basic 'fabric of society is maintained? Does society not depend more on individ­ ual self-control for stability and prosperity than on government control? Perhaps "anarchy" is the wrong word to apply to a system wherein individual freedom and rights to would be the fundamentals of a governmentless so­ ciety. The old-style anarchists, born in the early days of the industrial era, cham­ pioned individual freedom but thought property was that freedom's enemy. They saw government as enforcing the property system, and therefore they went to great extremes, including bombings and assas­ sinations, to bring governments down. The old anarchists conceived the ideal society to be communal, a concept that contradicted the notion of . They fell into this contradiction because they lacked a proper understanding of economics, of the connection between freedom and property-between a man's productivity and the ownership of his tools and products of his labor. They did not understand the marketplace or the principles of human action :hat govern the creation of wealth. They did not under­ stand that a man could control his own life only to the degree that he could con­ trol his property. But could not government be used in a limited way to protect individual freedom and property? Is not our present govern­ ment a perversion of the ideal of envisioned by our founding fathers? To answer these and other ques­ tions about a society with zero govern­ ment, I talked to some new anarchists­ including a professor of economics in New York, a best-selling writer in Van­ couver, and a corporation president in Wichita. I talked in New York with Murray Roth­ bard, professor of economics at the Poly­ technic Institute of Brooklyn. I had met him ten years before, when he was al­ ready known for his radical anarchistic views which then carried little weight among political conservatives who be­ lieved in limited, constitutional govern­ men!. Ten years ago, a distrust of gov­ ernment, especially big government, was all that Rothbard and political conserva­ tives had in common. They generally agreed that the less the government in­ terfered with the economy, the better. Since then, Rothbard has written a num­ ber of books on economics and has be­ come a spokesman for right-wing anar­ chism or, as he calls it, "anarcho-capital­ ism." He has acquired a large following, and his most recent book, For a New Liverty (Macmillan, 1973), is bcing adver­ through voluntary, rather than forced, than of being murdered by a relative. tised as the "libertarian manifesto." agreement. Military defense could be pro­ If the government cannot eliminate Rothbard told me that he had arrived at vided by private military agencies employ­ deaths by suicide or accident, why should his ideology through the influences of his ing volunteer personnel. we expect it to eliminate deaths by mur­ parents and teachers, Living in N~w York, According to Rothbard, the main bone der? Governments have been the greatest his mother and father were involved in the of contention between the two groups is murderers. Why should we expect a mur­ anarchist movement be­ the handling of criminals. "The Randi.ans derer to protect us from murder? fore World War I; but later, during the De­ insist on a code of objective law to ha~dle "Prisons are more for the punishment pression, his father became a free-market and punish wrongdoers. We suggest ·that of lawbreakers than the protection of so­ , conservative. While in preparatory school, the emphasis should be switqhed from ciety," Rothbard went on. "There are a Jot young Rothbard was greatly influenced punishing wrongdoers to getling restitu­ of taxpayers who are not interested in by a history teacher who was free-market tion for the victims. Private police would supporting institutions of punishment. oriented. not be interested in investing time and That's another important difference be­ Pursuing the free-market argument to energy in 'punishing' criminals for their tween us and the Randians. Randians are its conclusion, Rothbard could find no crimes, but in retrieving stolen goods. Os­ punishment- oriented, and they spend a lot functions or govE'rnment that could not be tracism would be society's principal of time arguing over what punishments performed as well or better by private means of 'punishment.' " will fil what crimes." agencies: Why maintain expensive prisons and the I had once attended a series of lectures "I found in my arguments with social-. apparatus of punishment and incarcera­ given by Nathaniel Branden, the intellec­ ists and interventionists that once you tion? In Rothbard's system the threat of tual heir of before their bitter justified the existence of the state, once ostracism would be a great deterrent to breakup in 1968. There was something pe­ you sanctioned the use of force to control crime; keep in mind that a human being culiar about the Randians' lack of humor. people, for no matter what reason, you can take and even enjoy all kinds of pun­ These people were always deadly serious could justify taxation and every other evil 'ishment (punishment, in psychoanalyst about their perfection and everybody and excess of the state." Eric Berne's terms, is stroking of a kind). else's imperfection. Of course, everyone For Rothbard, everything came down to But few men could bear ostracism-or no was jUdged according to the Randian stan­ one basic question: was government nec­ stroking-for long. II is probable that in a dard of perfection, which the Randians in­ essary at all? Tom Paine had called gov­ sisted was based on the coldest, most ra­ ernment a "necessary evil." But after two tional . The truth is that Ayn hundred years of American government Libertarian Sampler Rand's idea of perfection is based on her and the full flowering of capitalism, one For a New , by . own SUbjective ideal, suited entirely to her I could finally ask if even that "necessary Macmillan, 1973. $7.95. own nature. evil" was necessary. Rothbard has con­ How I Found Freedom in iI'n Unfree World, Despite these negative aspects of Rand­ cluded that it is not. by Harry Browne. Macmillan, 1973. $7.95. ian philosophy, many of her followers I! The Nature 0/ Man·and His Government, What about ecology, roads, educating have been led into the libertarian move­ I the poor, the national defense? Rothbard by Robert LeFevre. Caxton Printers, Cald­ ment by her arguments against collectiv­ well, Idaho. $1.00. goes into considerable detail in his book ism and , as well as by her sup­ No Treason: The Constitution 0/ No Au­ on these questions and how they would be thority, by . Pine Tree port for laissez-faire economics. Randians handled in a libertarian, governmentless Publications, Rampart College, 104 West were among a group of libertarians in society. If one thinks of these problems in Fourth Stree~ Santa Ana, Calif. 92701. $1.50. Colorado who decided to organize the libertarian terms, a number of noncoer­ Liber/arian Handbook 1973. 193 Beacon Libertarian party in the winter of 1971. cive solutions are suggested. A libertar­ Street, Boston, Mass. 02116. $2.00. During its first year, the party concen­ ian society assumes a sufficient reservoir LP News. libertarian Party, Box 31638, trated on the presidential candidacy of of goodwill and voluntarism to look after Aurora, Colo. 80011. $2.00 subscription. Dr. . He is director of the the helpless and indigent. Liberals believe Books lor Libertarians. 422 First Street, School of Philosophy at the University of that people have to be forced to help the S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003. $1.00 sub­ Southern California and one of the liber­ scription. unfortunate. Libertarians disagree, they tarian movement's leading spokesmen. are optimistic about basic human benevo­ The party got its ticket on the ballot in lence, and believe it would flower more in only two states (Colorado and Washing­ a than a coercive one. society of Rothbard's construction, a crim­ ton), and drew about five thousand votes. Ironically, some of the strongest oppo­ inal would find someone to "stroke" him Ironically, Ayn Rand urged her followers sition to Rothbard comes not from the lib­ in the punishing manner he craves. to vote for Nixon and said that voting for eral establishment, which sees libertarian­ Would life in such a society be less safe Hospers was a "moral crime" because it ism as a minor right-wing irritation, but than it is today? would help McGovern. Rothbard, on the from an element within the libertarian "It's estimated," Rothbard answered, other hand, has encouraged his followers movement-the followers of novelist Ayn "that only about 5 percent of the criminal to engage in political activity through the Rand. Champion of heroic individualism population is in prison. The rest are at Libertarian party. He considers such ac­ and laissez-faire capitalism, Ayn Rand large. There are a lot of people in prison, tivity educative. considers herself an antistatist. However, perpetrators of victimless crimes, who The Libertarian party held its latest con­ she reserves for government three impor­ would be no menace to anyone if they vention in Cleveland in June 1973. More tant functions: police protection, the were given their freedom. Even if all the than two hundred delegates were present. courts, and national defense. She would hard-core murderers were set free, The party has grown to more than three fund these activities through voluntary chances would still be ten to one in favor thousand members; it is active in about contributions rather than taxation. Here of being killed by accident rather than by thirty states and has embryonic groups in Rothbard's followers challenge her. Why murder." •. . about fifteen more. The average mem­ retain these lethal vestiges of government The federal government statistics bear bership age is twenty-six. The party's plat­ on even a voluntary basis? Police protec­ this out. In 1967, for example, there were form advocates, among other things, re­ tion could be better provided by private 21,325 suicides, 113,169 deaths by acci­ peal of the income and of all laws protection companies. Arbitration, now a dents, and 13,425 homicides. Most of the against victimless crime-inclUding smok­ function of the courts, could be better intentional homicides were crimes of pas­ ing marijuana, publishing pornography, provided 'by private, professional arbitra­ sion committed by relatives. The odds of gambling, and buying gold bullion. tion companies that would settle disputes being murdered by a criminal are smaller Since Rothbard is a professor of eco­ CONTINUED ON PAGE 142 46 PENTHOUSE Browne writes. "The truisms are repeated make a fuss over what you are doing. Do so often they can be taken for granted. your own Ihing becau-;e you really want to And that can lead to acting upon the sug­ do it. not because you want to shock soci­ gestions implied in them-resulting in ety. Do not confuse provoking society wilh wasted time, fighting inappropriate battles, living your life the way you want to live it. and attempting to do the impossible. The latter can be done without society or Traps can lead you to accept restriclions the government noticing a thing. For ex­ upon your life lhal have nothing to do ample, you can lower your by using with you. You can unwittingly pay taxes all existing loopholes instead of agitating you don't have to pay, abide by standards publicly for tax reforms, which would at­ nomics, I asked him for a short-term eco­ that are unsuited to you, put up with prob­ tract the attention of IRS auditors. You nomic forecast. lems that aren't really yours." can lead a nonconformist sex life in pri­ "The big danger," he said, "is runaway Perhaps the one trap that will cause the vate, without joining women's lib or gay inflation. The danger point comes when greatest controversy is the morality trap. lib and thus provoking the anger of your prices start going up fasler than the money Browne contends that moral values are community or the police. supply. We may be reaclling that point." subjective, and that any attempt to live by I lalked to Browne in his hilltop horne "Can't the government stop inllation?" I an absolute or universal moral code cre­ in West Vancouver. The house, a modern asked. ated for other people will not bring free­ three-level arrangement, has a sweeping "It could, but not without causing a re­ dom or happiness for those others. Since view of Vancouver and the Pacific inlet that cession, and both parties refuse to accept each human being is different, Browne separates it tram West Vancouver. He had a recession as a solution. So they keep on recently bought the 5120,000 house with inllating, hoping that the inflation won't the money he made on his best-selling first get out of hand. Tilis sort of thing can go book, How You Can Profil from the Com­ on for a long time. But if the public de­ ing Devaluation. cides that its money is not going to be At forty, Browne is an inveterate ro­ worth very much next year, it may bring mantic. He will sit for hours in his huge liv­ on runaway inflation by trying to bUy up ing room listening to Wagner, Puccini, or everything in sight instead or maintaining , Delius on a magnificent stereo system, with a fire in the fireplace, a glass of wine, savings that constantly decrease in value," Do not confuse and a breathtaking view of Vancouver. The next libertarian I saw was Harry provoking society with living There is a charming young woman shar- Browne, whose new book, How I Found your life the way you want ing it' with him. . Freedom in an Unfree World (Macmillan, to live it-without "My philosophy," he said, "is one of in­ 1973), suggests how an individual might society or government seeing dividualism in the full sense of the word, live in a world of omnipresent govern­ a thing. Lower your taxes in that I recognize and respect the individu­ ment and still achieve a high degree of ality of every person. I recognize the basic personal freedom and happiness. Browne by using loopholes, instead SUbjective nature of perception and that no argues that one does not have to wait for of agitating pUblicly for two people are alike. I take the other per­ a free society before one can live freely. tax reforms, which allracts son seriously. I recognize his sovereignty Basically, Browne's book describes a the allention of the over himself, just as I recognize my own process that everyone who has been at IRS. Lead a nonconformist sovereignty. I don't expect any other indi­ odds with his family and society has had vidual to conform to my moral code. It sex life in private, to go through in order to maintain his own took me a long time to develop my own identity and integrity. It describes how one personal moral code based on my own can overcome all of the pressures that pre­ unique individuality. A moral code has to vent him from living the life he wants to be personal to be of any value as a guide lead, from being the kind of person he fo your own actions. It is, in a way, the wants to be. most personal reflection of who you are." How did Browne fit into the libertarian Some of his critics consider Browne movement? Though in his book he ac­ simplistic and unintellectual, but this knowledges an intellectual debt to both doesn't bother him. He believes the pur­ Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard, Browne contends that it is impossible to achieve pose of his life is to ensure his own happi­ takes a uniquely personal and subjective freedom or happiness unless each man ness. If his happiness can make someone approach to freedom. If freedom is what a and woman develops a personal morality else happy, all well and good. But he does man really wants, he can have it provided around his or her own personality. He de­ not eypect anyone 10 sacrifice their happi­ he is willing to pay the price society ex­ fines a personal morality as an attempl 10 ness for him. "Instead of depending on tracts for it. That price includes paying consider.a/l the refevant consequences of the rest of the world to make things bet­ income tax, performing military service, your actions. He writes: "A personal moral­ ter, you depend on yourself." and in general obeying myriad irritating ity is simply the making of rules for your­ "Doesn't this make for a lonely exis­ and inconvenient rules. To be free, to live self that will guide your conduct toward tence?" I asked. one's own desired life, requires that one what you want and away from what you "Not at all," Browne replied. "You can get out of the "traps" that enslave him don't want. ... A realistic morality has to find people who will accept you as you psychologically so as to be able to try the consider many personal factors: your emo­ are. But you have to reveal yourself to many personal available alternatives. A tional nature, abilities, strengths, weak­ them. If you hide behind a false front. the trap, according to Browne, is a philo­ nesses, and, most important, your goals." people you really want to attract won't be sophical truism commonly accepted and All of the current liberation movements able to recognize you. But in order to re­ acted upon, though rarely challenged­ are basically movements against moral veal your true self you have to know your­ "You must accept the will of the major­ codes. that attempt to dictate how people self. You have to be honest in evaluating ity," "Loyalty to your country is supreme," should live. Browne contends, however, your qualities, abilities, weaknesses, anc! "The goad of society is more important that one need not wait for society to strengths, than your own happiness" are examples. change before one can begin living ac­ "Some people find it hard to accept "It's very easy to get caught in a trap," cording to his own moral code. Just don't themselves as they are and create a

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false front. But the false front only at­ ment control of ::ell. In 1957 he created tracts people who will expect something an institution known as the Freedom u or en. that is not there. They will be disappointed Scho'ol to promulgate his philosophy of when they find out that behind the front is zero government. II was housed in several an entirely different person." elaborate log cabins, and it attracted stu­ I asked him in what way he differed dents from all over the country. Freedom ou ave from Rothbard on the matter of anarchy. School operated entirely on the free- "It's all in the way you interpret the . enterprise principles it preached. In 1962 any oub s word anarchy," he said. "I'm not an anar­ it became Rampart College, with an ex­ chist like Rothbard because I'm not trying panded faCUlty and more buildings; but it 'a out ourself, to change the social system. In order to later became apparent that the institution have the kind of society Rothbard wants, had expanded too fast and bitten off more fry you have to have a society governed by than it could chew. In 1969 the campus certain principles and moral standards. was sold and the school was relocated in some ing else. Only a government can create that kinQof the First Western Bank BUilding in Santa general conformity. Actually, I'm more !of Ana, California, situated in .the main­ an anarchist than most of them because I stream of the libertarian movement. By recognize the present anarchy all around that time, however, LeFevre was no longer me and am trying to live my life in that affiliated with Rampart College; he had re­ context. I have no interest in changing so­ signed as director a few months before in ciety. I don't have that many years left. I order to conduct his courses on a free­ want to make the most of the time I have." lance basis. Over the years he had built up There is a kind of restlessness about a corporate clientele that engaged him to Browne. He believes that the next twenty give his free-enterprise course to execu­ years will see far greater upheavals than tives. In this way, his philosophy reached in the recent past. many in the corporate community. "I make plans involving a year or two. I asked him what the difference was be­ I don't believe in tying myself down to a tween Rothbard and himself. long-range commitment in a world that's "We agree about 98 percent of the time. changing so drastically." We differ on the use of the term anar­ chy. Rothbard calls himself an anarcho­ I left Vancouver and flew to Sacramento, capitalist and he calls me an anarcho­ where I had arranged to n;oeet Robert Le­ individualist. I call myself an 'autarchist.' " Fevre, one of the legendary people in the This was a term LeFevre had coined zero-government movement and the after seeking a word to describe his con­ founder of Rampart College. He met me at cept: autarchy, meaning self-rule, as op­ the airport with his red Cadillac. He was in posed to anarchy, meaning no rule at all. his sixties, with well-groomed white hair LeFevre sees self-rule in absolute terms. A and an infectious smile. I brought him human being is sovereign over himself and greetings from Harry Browne, whom he his property, and any attempt to deprive knew well. All of the important libertar­ a person of that sovereignty is, in Le­ ians know one another, but each has Fevre's view, immoral. He carries this developed his own variation of the phi­ view of sovereignty over into his very con­ losophy of individual freedom. There is troversial concept of justice, and writes, in no orthodoxy or party line among them. his pamphlet Justice, "Justice would con­ Like so many libertarians, LeFevre had sist of an exercise of sovereign control started out as a Taft Republican, with a over a person and his property, by that strong bias against government interfer­ person himself." It would also inClude a ~nce in a free economy and a belief that Willingness on the part of each person to Republicans ran the government better impose self-discipline so that no one than Democrats. But gradually he saw that would seek to interfere with the control the difference between the two parties was that another person naturally exercises academic-they both advocated programs over his own person and property. that were contrary to the principles of eco­ How would society treat violations of nomic freedom. In 1954, LeFevre was such sovereignty? Here LeFevre. proposes hired by R.C. Hailes, owner of the Free­ an approach at least as radical as Roth­ dom Newspapers chain, to write editorials bard's, perhaps even more so: advocating free enterprise for the Colo­ "A radical and profound change in rado Springs Gazette Telegraph and other thinking is required. For ten thousand Freedom newspapers. The only require­ years or more, we have striven to retaliate ment laid down was that LeFevre be con­ against those who practice injustice or who sistent in his arguments. It was this rule we have been led to believe practice in­ that led LeFevre to his zero government justice. We have done it privately. We position. He simply could not justify the have done it through theology. And today, intervention by government into any area government is the god of retribution, and of life. Limited government was no more we employ it on a giant scale. justifiable than unlimited government. "The amount of time and energy ex­ Both were based on the immoral princi­ pended in seeking to retaliate is incalcu­ ples of coercion and control of people. lable. All wars contain this element. Most After shove, after shower, after anything, By 1956 LeFevre had formulated his of our court actions contain it. Our prisons Brut"lotion by Foberge. philosophy of "autarchism"-the philos­ and other penal institutions are full of it. ophy of self-control rather than govern- None of these procedures is economically

144 PENTHOUSE ~~lJnd. N,"w (11 t1H'nl if, m(1r;l1. None of "Would the country survive a depres­ them l1:Js been successful. Retribution, sion?" I asked. vengeance.', punishment. and retaliation "People will survive," he said. "When a are the greatest burden human beings government collapses and goes down the have ever devised for themselves. tube, poverty takes over. But the recov­ "Therefor C'. I am going to suggest thilt ery begins." we stop thinking retribution and begin tllinkin('J protection." I went on to Los Angeles to talk to Sey­ "I recognize," he wrote, "that under mour Leon, the current director of Ram­ pressures of emotion any man is suscepti­ part College. The college's offices have the ble to the call 01 the jungle. But let us air of a successful enterprise. Sy Leon, a avoid the intellectual dishonesty of pre­ man of about fifty, is of medium height suming thilt we are moral when we are and wears a short beard. He joined the merely scared. What the victim of the first staff in 1966 while Rampart College was act of injustice should do, morally, is to still in Colorado. His introduction to liber­ respect the rights of the man who has not tarian philosophy had come through Ayn showed that respect to him. You do not Rand's novel , where he treat the immoral man with immorality. found an affirmation of his own values. You Ireat him to morality, and retain He became an objectivist and a represen­ .your own position of rightness. You limit tative of the Nathaniel Branden Institute the offense to the party WllO is guilty. You in Chicago and Milwaukee. In 1964 he do not seek to take guilt on yourself." and his wife, Riqui, took LeFevre's two­ Tilere are a great many libertarians who week course at Rampart College and be­ have trouble accepting this concept. Yet it came sold on LeFevre's zero government is perfectly consistent with the libertarian philosophy. They returned to Chicago and view of justice. found themselves at odds with their ob­ LeFevre also differs with Rothbard on jectivist friends, especially those engaged the value of political activity. In that re­ in political activism. The couple were spect he is closer to Browne's view. eventually excommunicated from objecti­ "The best way to fight government is to vist circles. withdraw your support of it. You can do "We were excommunicated because we this by making as little use of government started to think," Leon said. "There is a as possible. You can reduce your use of it certain mentality that seeks a godlike fig­ to the barest necessities, such as riding on ure. Many followers of Ayn.Rand are like government roads, using the post office, that. But the breakup of Nathaniel Branden The less people use government, the more and Rand has been beneficial in that it likely it will be reduced. If more parents has broken up the dogma." started private schools, public education I asked him how people accepted the would start getting smaller not bigger." idea of zero government today as com­ "What about political movements like pared to five years ago. the Libertarian party?" I asked. "There's been a definite change in peo­ "1 like John Hospers," he smiled. "When ple's attitudes. They will accept ideas that he announcw his candidacy I sent him a five years ago were taboo or considered get-well card. He's not a libertarian, but too radical. Now we start with the ques­ a limited-government conservative." tion, is government necessary? and they What about Bi rchers and National Re­ are willing to listen. We hear of libertarian view conservatives? Were they coming into conferences being held all over the coun­ the libertarian movement? try. We now attract as many as eight hun­ "Birchers and Buckleyites are essentially dred people at a weekend conference." counterparts of SDS [Students for a Dem­ He explained that Rampart College no ocratic Society]. When a Bircher becomes longer conducted classes as it had when a libertarian he stops being a Bircher. The located in Colorado. The institution now libertarian movement has pulled people offers home-stUdy courses, courses on out of both the SDS and the JBS [John cassettes as well as live seminars. Leon Birch Society]. If the process continues, saw no fundamental change in the institu­ you'll have a new split: the libertarians on tion's point of view after LeFevre's de­ one side and the authoritarians on the parture. He did say that the college in­ other. Conservatives who are uptight on tended to expand further into psychology nonconformist lifestyles will make com­ ~ and child-rearing. For example, the new­ mon cause with liberals who are uptight est home-study course was called "Rais­ on ." ing Children for Fun and Profi!." I asked LeFevre what his feelings were "We have gotten into psychology." concerning America's economic future. explained Leon, "because we found that Harry Browne had told me that he believed people were experiencing a profound a depression was inevitable. "A .crash emotional reaction to LeFevre's course. is the washing out of all the sins of infla­ People would burst into tears, become_ tion," Browne had said. LeFevre tended to physically ill. Yet we were talkin'g about concur. ideas. I analyzed why this was happening. "The government is engaged in sabo­ It was the critical analysis of basic values taging the economy of the United States and the rearrangement of their values through continued inflation and economic that caused these emotional reactions, It controls," he said, became apparent that people needed a IliDll level of self-awmeness and self­ To explore Ihe spread of libertarian danger to society. In a society run by esteem before tlley could really corne to thought among the young, I went to see coercion, the coin of the realm is power. accept a voluntary b

My last stop was Wichita, Kansas, the geo­ graphic center of America. I had come here to see Robert Love, president of a "The earthlings may be awesome, but their weapons are company that makes corrugated boxes erratic and totally harmless!" and author of How to Start Your Own School, published this year by Macmillan.

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